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  • WorkOS - The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS
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  • Joplin

    Joplin - the secure note taking and to-do app with synchronisation capabilities for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.

  • If that strategy works for you then you should continue doing so. However, I noticed that in the read me for your project (https://github.com/laurent22/joplin) you are not explaining that this is how you handle bug reports. Perhaps as a courtesy to users you could add that? Then people like me who think that strategy is bonkers could avoid wasting our time by filing bug reports to your project.

  • Home Assistant

    :house_with_garden: Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first.

  • We are probably talking about the same feature. What I meant was this kind of page https://github.com/home-assistant/core/issues/new/choose

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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  • zfs

    OpenZFS on Linux and FreeBSD

  • A Github issue for OpenZFS I was following for a year was recently closed via stale bot. I just assumed the feature was dead, however on Twitter (yesterday) they announced the feature's author was giving a talk about implementing it, so I guess it's back on!

    I personally wish issues weren't auto-closed as it can give the wrong (i.e. feature is dead) impression, however I know popular OSS maintainers get a TON of issue requests and are doing a work of love.

    So, thank you OSS maintainers, you the real MVP.

    P.S. For those interested, the issue[1] is NVMe performance for OpenZFS[2]

    [1] https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/issues/8381

  • Gitea

    Git with a cup of tea! Painless self-hosted all-in-one software development service, including Git hosting, code review, team collaboration, package registry and CI/CD

  • A counterpoint off the top of my head: gitea has close to 1700 issues open, but the project is very much alive and is improving at a fast pace.

    https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues

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